---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-026237"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HNNA"
cik: "0001145255"
company_name: "HENNESSY ADVISORS INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T07:17:10.307719+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hennessy Advisors appoints Kiera Newton to Board; three directors transition to Advisory Committee

## Summary
- Kiera Newton appointed to Board effective Dec 8, 2022, and named Chair of Audit Committee.
- Daniel G. Libarle, Rodger Offenbach, and Daniel B. Steadman not nominated for reelection, moving to Advisory Committee.
- Board now has eight members; Newton is the fifth independent director.
- Newton brings over seven years of public accounting audit experience to the role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-026237
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HNNA
- cik: 0001145255
- company_name: HENNESSY ADVISORS INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145255/000095017022026237/0000950170-22-026237-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145255/000095017022026237/hnna-20221207.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-026237
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-026237.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-026237.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kiera Newton was appointed as Director at HENNESSY ADVISORS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 7, 2022, Hennessy Advisors, Inc. (the “ Company ”) appointed Kiera Newton to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”), effective December 8, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145255/000095017022026237/0000950170-22-026237-index.htm

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